John Sheridan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Somerset Democrats keep full hold on county government

November 9, 2022 1:25 amNovember 9, 2022 1:26 am

The New Jersey Globe projects that three Democratic incumbents have won re-election to countywide office in Somerset County, fending off a strong Republican challenge that aimed to return the county to its Republican roots. As of 1:25 a.m., Commissioner Melonie...

Somerset and Burlington Republicans look to regain lost ground in 2022

August 5, 2022 4:00 pmSeptember 6, 2022 1:52 pm

The recent history of the Somerset and Burlington County Republican parties can be summarized in two simple sentences. When Donald Trump took office as president in 2017, they each held every single county office. Today, they hold none. It’s not...

Somerset GOP picking congressional, countywide candidates on Tuesday

March 14, 2022 10:31 amMarch 14, 2022 12:42 pm

The final convention in the race for the GOP nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th district will be held on Tuesday night in Somerset County. The front-runner, former Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield), faces three challengers, including...

Dispatches from a wild week in N.J. politics

January 28, 2022 10:19 pm

The 2021 elections are over, the next major set of elections aren’t for four months, and the state legislature has only just started to rev up its 2022-23 session – and yet it’s still been an action-packed week in New...

Following Caddle admission, Mark Sheridan asks for new look at parents’ death

January 28, 2022 1:08 pmJanuary 29, 2022 2:24 pm

Mark Sheridan, the son of a politically powerful lawyer who died with his wife under mysterious circumstances in 2014, sent a letter to acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck and Somerset County Prosecutor Michael Robertson today asking them to reconsider his...

Bob Dole, former presidential candidate, dies at 98

December 5, 2021 2:02 pmDecember 5, 2021 2:18 pm

Robert J. Dole, a former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, died on Sunday. He was 98. Dole was on the ballot three times in New Jersey during a political career that spanned from his election...

Report: Norcross pushed non-profit off prime Camden real estate

October 3, 2019 7:24 pmOctober 4, 2019 10:59 am

Editor’s Note: This story was updated with comment from Sue Altman at 10:59 a.m. Democratic powerbroker George Norcross pushed a non-profit out of prime real estate holdings in Camden, according to a cooperative WNYC and ProPublica report. In 2013, Cooper’s...